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Japan is known as the Land of the Rising Sun, the land of anime and manga, the land of giant robots and moe anime girls, and the land where Kit Kat has more flavors than your usual milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate.

NIS America may be working through some standard editions of previously released shows, but they also have some new material on the way. The company has announced the acquisition of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, which they will be releasing under the name...

Game developer Playdek looks to raise US$600,000 for new tactical RPG Final Fantasy Tactics director and Final Fantasy XII creator Yasumi Matsuno launched a Kickstarter on Tuesday for Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians, a tactical role-playing ga...

A 4-minute animation that features the "origins" of the Chogokin Hello Kitty was posted in Bandai Japan's official YouTube channel. This anime short was first seen in last year's Tamashii Nation event.

Keurig for Miso Soup Everyone's familiar with Keurig machines, those doohickeys that you put tiny cups in and it dispense flavored coffee in relatively no time. These machines revolutionized mornings by giving you coffee instantly without it tasti...

Following 2013's release of Madoka Magica: Rebellion, "Cute is Justice" mask maker gonoturn has a special Kyubey mask in time for cold season. The cotton/polyester mask measuring 18cmx13cm goes for 2100yen.

What comes to mind when you think of the word "Pok&eacute;touch"? Hopefully nothing too close to the College Humor video we posted the other day. Get your mind out of the gutter, because Pok&eacute;touch is a new trademark that Nintendo, Game Frea...

Kuroko's Basketball The home video release for Kuroko's Basketball just got a lot more interesting as it's been revealed that the sixth volume of the series, which contains episodes 40 and 41, will contain an original episode when it lands on June...

With the overwhelming success of Attack on Titan, a new mobile game will be coming to the iOS and Android platforms soon and it will be called Attack on Titan: Roar to Freedom. The game's developer, DeNA has just announced earlier today that the g...

Back in November, I listed Golden Time as one of the ten anime of the fall you should be watching. Now, as the series passes its halfway point, I can truly say that Golden Time has a death grip on my heartstrings and refuses to let go.

And we're back! It's time now for the Annotated Anime Roundup, your deliciously late gaggle of short-form recaps and commentary on the latest and greatest in Japanese cartoon tomfoolery! We meant to start a couple of days earlier, but were so dist...

Website Crank In! ! posted six new images from the live-action film of Eiko Kadono's fantasy novel series Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin) on January 4. The images feature Kiki (Fūka Koshiba) and various other characters, including Tomb...

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution will have four new characters, revealed in the latest issue of Jump magazine. (Thanks, Re:Zaregoto) Joining the roster of playable characters are the Second Tsuchikage, Third Raikage, Second Mizu...

Eva's First Impression: Ah the cuteness! Inari Konkon Koi Iroha has a very simple storyline that is very relaxing to watch or read. One of the things I love the most about Inari Konkon Koi Iroha, is Inari's friendship with Ukanomitama!

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) Tonight is apparently going to be Tokyo's first snow of the Winter, so I'm rather anxious and fidgety! The Japanese word for snow is 'yuki', so to celebrate the potential snow I'm going to be taking a l...

'Mikakunin de Shinkoukei' DVD/BD Getting Anime Short Posted by Chris Beveridge January 15, 2014 at 10:38 AM Mikakunin de Shinkoukei Adding new materials to a home video release is definitely a familiar pattern for many anime series and Mikakunin d...

Discotek Media has made a very welcome pick up not only for anime fans, but animation fans in general. Coming out on DVD on April 29th is the Amazing Nuts! anthology short, which was done by Studio 4°C and originally out in Japan back in 2006.

Destiny Productions announced that one of their talents, Kane Kosugi (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Dead or Alive) is not starring in the Tekken: A Man Called X live-action film. The company apologized for the mistake and corrected that Kosugi will sta...

Marvelous AQL recently surprised us by announcing three new Senran Kagura titles, including an upcoming rhythm/cooking game featuring the series' busty ninjas. In an interview with Famitsu magazine, series producer Kenichiro Takaki talks about how...

'Amagi Brilliant Park' Light Novel Gets Anime Adaptation Posted by Chris Beveridge January 15, 2014 at 01:47 PM Kyoto animation is signing on to another light novel adaptation, this time by working with Shoji Gatoh's series Amagai Brilliant Park.

Alright, North America is still late to the party, but how many of you on this side of the world have already played the hell out of the Bravely Default demo? If you're chomping at the bit for the full game, Nintendo has a new trailer showing off ...

As fans continue to wait for the now twice-delayed debut of the new Sailor Moon TV series, numerous companies have been taking advantage of their anxious anticipation by featuring the beloved magical girls of the hit '90s anime in their offerings ...

The next game based on the sprawling Detective Conan series is Detective Conan: Phantom Rhapsody. Namco Bandai has the Nintendo 3DS entry slated for an April 17 launch in Japan. Phantom Rhapsody uses a zapping system that lets players see the st...

Jan. 16. 2014KAMEN RIDER GIRLS, who is gathering good reputation for the unusual overdrive sound among girls group, announced that they will be releasing the 2nd album titled "exploded" on March 19. This was announced during "Chou Eiyuu Sai (Super...

We've got a few months of marketing ahead of us for Edge of Tomorrow, whose trailer is getting more play in theaters lately, but that's not stopping Tom Cruise from getting out some promotion himself for it.

Hunter X Hunter 2011 - 112 I suppose if Togashi-sensei can turn one minute into an entire episode, I can get a few paragraphs out of it - but boy, he sure doesn't make it easy to describe what he - and Madhouse - are accomplishing here.